John Ratigan, an industry executive with over three decades of leadership experience in satellite and space communications, was appointed president, CEO and member of the board of directors at Comtech. The company said Wednesday Ratigan has held the chief executive role in an interim basis since March, transitioning from his recent post as chief cor...
Maxar Technologies’ intelligence business has appointed industry executives Matt Santangelo, Matt Jenkins and Peter Wilczynski to its leadership team to drive innovation and growth initiatives. Maxar Intelligence said Tuesday Wilczynski joined the company in early summer as chief product officer, while Santangelo and Jenkins have been named chief ...
Private equity firm OceanSound Partners has acquired Antenna Research Associates, or ARA, for an undisclosed sum as part of efforts to help the latter expand its client relationships and radio frequency capabilities to facilitate the delivery of new technologies to the aerospace and defense market. New York-based OceanSound said Tuesday ARA’s ...
The Department of Homeland Security is making moves to adapt to the changing homeland security landscape. Agencies across the department have updated their strategic plans to reflect the demands of this technology-driven era of competition. While agency-specific strategies may differ slightly, an emphasis on partnerships has emerged as a common thre...
Vasu Murthy, an industry veteran with more than 25 years of experience in software development, was named senior vice president and chief product officer at Cohesity. The artificial intelligence-powered data security provider said Tuesday Murthy most recently served as VP of products at Rubrik, where he was responsible for its core product, platform...
ManTech has received a U.S. Air Force contract worth approximately $98 million to provide services for the processing and analysis of a wide range of environmental samples containing nuclear-related materials. The Department of Defense said Tuesday the firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract will support the Air Force Tech...
Leidos saw its revenue increase 7 percent year-over-year to $4.2 billion during the third quarter of fiscal year 2024 and attributed the revenue growth to increased demand across all customer segments, particularly for managed health services. In an earnings release published Tuesday, the defense and IT services contractor said it recorded $362 mill...
Damian Watkins has transitioned to the role of chief research officer at Aperio Global, where he most recently served as chief research and innovation officer, the executive announced in a LinkedIn post Monday. Building on his software development background, Watkins has more than 15 years of experience in Java and C++ development of data driven...
Special Aerospace Services, a provider of space and defense engineering and mission-critical communications systems, has acquired Alabama-based missile and hypersonic weapons company Concordia Technologies. The strategic acquisition is part of SAS’ efforts to position itself as a leader in the defense technology market, the Godspeed Capital Ma...
By Ron Lear, Vice President of Models and Frameworks at ISACA When I first read about Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency head Jen Easterly’s perspective on software quality, my primary thoughts were “yes!” and, simultaneously, “Oh, wait, it’s not quite that simple…” I thought for this GovCon Expert post, it would be w...
